This was an important stopping place for emigrants on their way to the southern mines. The first white settlers on this spot found it a
'city of wigwams,' and hundreds of mortars in the rocks testify that this was a favorite Indian camping ground.

When we visited the following sites, we were unable to locate a California commemorative plaque.

At some sites, it appeared that a California plaque had never been erected. At other sites, there was a base, but
the plaque itself was missing. Some sites without California plaques had other historic markers, but they did not note
that the site is a California Historical Landmark.